Device for controlling a heater in response to the heater combustion conditions



June 27, 1950 A. R. COLLINS ET AL 2,512,919

DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A HEATER IN RESPONSE TO THE HEATER COMBUSTION CONDITIONS Filed April 15, 1946 Patented June 27., 1950 UNITED ----2,512,919=

DEVICE, ro "'CoNTRo IIING-AHEATER IN "RESPONSETOTHE'HEHTERCOMBUSTION CONDITIONS Arthur R.- Collins, Park- Rid e, and Frank A.

*Ityderand Ross-D. Randall, Ghicago, Ill,=, as signors "to' Stewart-Warner Corporation, Chicago, 11L; a corporation of Virginia -Application-April l3, 1946} scria'l No'i- 66Il-9-7o H '7 Glaims.

' Thepresentinventon'relates to heater controls and, more particularly, to mechanism for "controllingrheaters of the type formingthe subject matter 'ofa: patent application by; Theodore Y.

such that the mixture ratio is always kept substantially constant regardless of the "combustion air rate. A heater of this type is easy to regulate, since the heat output can be increased ing or decreasing the-speed of the electric motor. The electric motor-speed in .turnis controlled either automatically 'or'manually by-a-variable reactance which increases or decreases the volt- -age' across the motor according to the need for "heat.

' electric circuits forming. components thereof fail to operate, and which will automatically per- "form all of the control functions desirable in a heater of this type.

An additional object 'of the present invention is be accommodated in minimum space.

Yet another object of the presentinventioniis tem of the abovetype which will prevent the fuel from bein turned on unless the ignitionsystem is in-conditi'on for operation, which will turn on the ignition soon after the heater'has: started, "a'ndwhich will turn 'ofi'the heater if "the-demand: 55 SParWGOil W-an'da vibratorlzfitherefor; A' sa-fecries-428) or decreased by'the simple expedient ofincreasto provide a novel heater control system induct-1 ing spark ignition means for the heater which can be manufactured at low cost and which can to provide arr-improved control'for a heating sys- 'for heat is lessthan normally supplied -by=tl1e I heater -when operatingat its minimum eflicient output level.

Still another object ofthepresent invention is *Korsgfen, 'Se'rial- No.- 626;837,- :filed'November 5, 5 'to'provide a heater having spark-ignition-which 1945,1now Patenti-Nlo. .-2;4e82,552-, granted'Septemis turned 01f thermostaticallyrsoon -xaften'the *ber20,.- l945,'for Gas I-Ieaters and an applicaheater startsywith-safety means for-preventing *tion of Frank AoRyder, Serial'No. 622,429,1fi-1ed "fuel'frombeingthrned on un'less the-heater has October 15, 1945, now Patent No. 2,502,345, "cooled s ufficientlyfollowing,previous operation-to granted -March-28,.'-1950; for Heaters. These permit the ignition'system-again to be placed in applications are assigned to the assignee of-this :=operating condition. application. The-control mechanism of thisin- -Yet another object-is to-provide a-heaterconvention' may "be considered as an improvement -1trolsystm which modulatesthe heatoutput'of over the similar mechanism disclosed in the above the heater, but which-always insures that-the referred to application of- Frank A. Ryder. heater isstarted'at'a high: enough' output level A -heater of thetype described in't'he above 'aptd-insure efficient-starting "and which 'cools 'the .plications comprises a 'variable'speed"electric heater and removes -resid-ualfuel therefrom bemotorwhich drives a combustion air blower and fore 'theheater=b1ower-is.de-energizedfollowing a ventilating-air blower. These two blowers are a heating cycle.

used to circulate air through the heater proper 1' Still-another object is-toaccomplish all of =the "wherein the ventilating air is 'heatedand the above withaminimumof control mechanismand combustion air is mixed with fuel gas and burned. at reasonable cost.

The rate of flow of fuel gas'to the burneris con- -0ther objects andadvantageswill become-aptrolledby a'pressure regulator which'in turn is parent from the following description ofapre- "responsive to the rate of flow of combustion air, liter-red embodiment of our invention.

' The drawing-is a: diagrammatic illustration of -2 an: electrical circuitwhichincludes apreferred embodiment of the presentinvention. I

The -electricmotor previously referred to is indioated generally in the drawings by the numeral ill and includesa' m-ain' winding "l Q and an auxil- --iary winding= l4 connectedin parallel g with the main winding by way of acapacitor IS. The modulator or controller for varying the :speedoi the motor I 0' includes avariable resistor 18 i having A a "resistance coil-2 92' anda=-slider 22. I When the '-slider reaches't-he high resistance end off'the ;coil "20 it is mechanically connected as indicated by "the dashed line- &4 'to open-= a normally; closed switch =26 provided-in the'motor circuit as will be described in more detail; presently. '1'-'he mechanical connection zdincludes a lost motion connection and-is operated-by-thel-room or space temperature thermostat-25..

In addition to the motorand controller-just described, the-components inthe circuit-include a magnetic :f-uel-"valve281of thetypewhich -permite-flow of fuel: gas-:to-the heater only when energized; a contfol transformer 30-which1 -steps "down the line voltageof approximately volts to a control voltage-1'of approiiimately- 24'volts, and a relay -32"having-three:separate sets of norinal'lyi operi contacts indicated by the -numer- -=als r34} 36. and' SB". The-T-iruili alsos includes-'1 a ty switch 44 of the thermostatic type is located so as to be responsive to the exhaust temperature of the heater and operates in a manner to be described presently to shut off the heater if the exhaust temperature rises to too high a level, since this indicates that the heater is overheating as might occur, for instance, if the ventilating air is not flowing in sufiicient quantity. The circuit also includes a flame detector, indicated generally by the numeral 46. This detector is associated with the combustion chamber of the heater in a well known manner so that it responds quickly by means of a combustion responsive thermostat 4'! to the presence of combustion therein. The detector includes five sets of contacts, indicated by the numerals 48, 50, 52, 54 and 56. Of these, 48 and 54 are normally open while 50, 52 and 56 are normally closed. At a predetermined temperature the open contacts are closed and the closed contacts are opened. For purposes to be described presently, the circuit also includes a lock-open type time delay safety switch 58 which may be of the bimetal thermostatic typehaving an electric heating element 60. that if the heating element 60 is energized for a period of approximately 45 seconds, the heated thermostatic blade will be deflected so as to open a circuit through the switch. After operating,

the switch locks in the open position until manually reset. A suitable switch of this type is described in the copending application of Ross D. Randall for Time Delay Switch filed January 5, 1946, and which has been given Serial No. 643,329, and issued on March 23, 1948, as

Patent No. 2,438,186. This patent is assigned to the assignee of this application.

The electric circuit receives its energy from a heater line which includes a heater switch 6|. This line is represented by the wires 62 and 64 and is connected across the primary 66 of the step-down control transformer 30 by way of leads 68 and 10. by way of a branch 12 to one of the contacts in the set 34 of the relay 32, the other contact of 4 the set being connected by a Wire 'I4-to the magnetic coil 16 of the fuel valve 28, the opposite I end of this coil being connected to the other side of the circuit at the line 64 by a conductor I8.

An extension of the lead 62 is also connected to one end of the auxiliary motor winding I4 and to one end of the resistance coil 20. end of the auxiliary motor winding I4, as previously mentioned, is connected through the capacitor I6 to the main motor winding I2 and through the main winding to the slider 22. The

the other contact of this set being connected by a wire 82 to a tap 84 at approximately the fifty per cent point on the resistance coil 20. The other side 64 of the main line is connected to one of the contacts of the set 54 of the flame detector and by an extension of this side of the circuit, represented iby the wire 86, to one of the contacts of the set 36 of the relay 32. The other contact of the set 36 is connected by a lead 86 to the other contact of the set 54 of the flame detector and this lead is also connected by a branch 90 to a point between the main motor winding I2 and the capacitor I6.

The control transformer secondary -92 is con- This switch is so designed The lead 62 is also connected The other j slider is also connected by a lead 80 to one of the contacts of set 56 of the flame detector 46,

branch 98 with one end of the magnetic coil I00 of the relay 32, the other end of this coil being connected by a wire I02 to one end of the overheat safety switch 44, the other end of which is connected by a lead I04 to one of the contacts of the set 48 in the flame detector. The lead I02 is also connected by a branch I06 to one end of the electric heater 60 of the lock-open safety switch 58, the other end of this heating element being connected to the switch blade of the lock-open switch which is also connected by a wire I08 to one of the contacts of the set 50 oil the flame detector and also to the contact of the set 48 not connected to the lead I04. A lead IIO also connects the side 94 of the control circuit with the magnetic coil II2 of the vibrator 42, the other end of this coil being connected by a wire I I6 to the vibrating blade I I4 and also to the end of the primary 96 of the spark coil not connected to the line 94. The vibrating blade II4 has a contact II8 which co-operates with a stationary contact I20 connected by a lead I22 with the contact of the set 50 not directly connected to the lock-open type safety switch 60.

One of the contacts of the set 38 of the relay 32 receives energy through a lead I24 by Way of the previously described switch 26, the other side of which is connected by a line I26 to the other end of the control transformer secondary 32. The wire I24 also leads to one of the contacts of the set 52 of the flame detector while the other contact of this set is connected-by a lead I28 to the stationary member of the contact set I30 of the lock-open type switch 58, the movable blade having the other contact and being connected to the wire I08 and heating element 60, as previously mentioned. A branch I32 leads from the wire I28 to the contact set 38 so as to place the contact sets 38 and 52 1 parallel.

The secondary I34 of the spark coil 40 is connected by leads I36 and I38 across the spark plug igniter indicated at I40.

The control system described operates in the following manner. The circuit as illustrated is in the at rest position. That is, it is assumed that no energy is impressed across-the lines 62 and 64. Under these conditions, the relay contacts 34, 36 and 38 are open as arev the flame detector contacts 48 and 54. On the other hand, the .fiame detector contacts 50, 52 .and 56 are closed. The switch 26, the overheat control 44 and the..lock-open type safety switch58 are also closed. The slider 22 of the motor controllermay be at any point, but for the purpose of discussion, it will be assumed that it is toward the high resistance end of thecoil 20 so as to operate the motor I0 at low speed. i Y

If, now, electric energy is impressed across the leads 62 and 64, for instance, by closing switch 6I, the primary 68 of the transformer 30 is energized. This produces a control voltage across the leads 94 and I26 with the result that the relay coil I00 and heating element 66 are energized, these-being in series and connected across the line by way of wires 93, I02, let-,contacts I30, lead I28,

tor contacts H8 and. I20, wire I22, contacts 50, .wire I08, and switch contacts I30, the remaining portion of this circuit being the same asthat .for

the relay coil I00. Inasmuch as the vibrator, coil coil is simply connected across the 60 cyc1e-alterhating current leads, makes it I possible 't'o use 'a spark coil that is smaller-, lighten' andile's'sespen- *sive than' is necessary "when an 'ordmarwo cycle alternating current tr'ansformer of conventional type is used. I

Energizing the relay-coil I IJO' closes the contact *s'ets .34, 36 and 38. Of these, the set' '34 when closed' energizes the fuel valve TB-in series therewith .across 'thelines' 62" and 64'. When the con- "tact set-38;in'paral1e1 withthe contacts 52, closest.

it operates a holding circuit'for therelay coil T to-be describedpresently. So long" as the flame detector contacts 52' remain closed, the contacts 38 do not affect the circuitexceptto 'conditionit for future operation. Closing of contacts 36 ten-x2 -ergizes the motor lll'by way of line 62, the" am:-

iliary motor winding l4,"the capacitor-f6, to branch 90, wire 88, contacts 36, wire-wand to the otherside'of the line -64. The mainwinding of the motor is also energized from the 1ine'62" by "way of -a portion of the resistance coil to *the fifty. per cent point 84, and thence from this tap to the wire 82, through the contacts 56, wire 80 i and main winding F2 to theabranch 90 previously mentioned. fifty .per cent tap 84, the principal portion'ofythe main winding current will flow through the slider 22 to the winding 12 rather than byway of the fifty per cent tap and contacts 56. The motor,

therefore, starts easily and operates at a speed 4 such-that the rate of combustion air and fuel gas supply is proper to operate the heater'at at least fifty per cent of its capacity. This is done because the heater characteristicsare such that it Will normally operate at a much lower heat butput than can be used for starting purposes. "Also, the'motor is more certain of starting if it is not attempted to start it at its lowest speed. For both these reasons, it is advisable to place'the heater motor in'operation at a higher rate of speed than may be useful for-moclulating purposes subsequently.

' Inasmuch as the motor I0 is operating so' as to suppl combustion air and ventilating'air; and since gas is flowing tothe heaterthrough the'fuel valve 28 and since-there is sparking attheigni-ter I40, combustion starts almost) instantaneously. Assoon as combustion has been established, the flame detector thermostat 4! starts heating and normally willshift the position of its contacts in approximately 20 seconds. If it failsto do this {for a-period of seconds or so, this-being the time delay characteristic of the lock-open type switch 58, it will ordinarily indicate that something is wrong with the ignition circuit,- that for some. reason gas is not beingsupplied to the heater, that the motor 18 is not operating-"properly, or possibly that something-has happenedto the circuit connecting these elements. In any event; if the heater does notstart in 45, seconds, the contacts 1-30 separate and are locked'inthe separated position. This de-energiz'es-ithe heating 'elem'ent'tfl, but because the switch islocked it'will, not reclose. Alsoitfde-energiies "the' felay 6611 "10; t reby pening "t econtacts' Miocene If the slider '22 is at less 'than' thef wen -'30, thereby turning off the-ignition system, 'whic'zh 'i's' no longer needed once "combustion" has "been established. Closing of "contacts48fsliorts Ollttfie heater 60, thereby permitting this hatmaddition,

iifce the" Contacts" I30 of the dc opeiiswiteare separated; the spat-recalcu ate the vibrator '42 will be' de energized 1 The heater,

therefore, remains completely ole-energized} extest for the "viiindiii gs of the control transformer user the heater has beem'rep'aired- 'and= the lock-open switch 58 manually 're'clo'sed.

'If' the "heater function's normally; 5 the flame detector '"will be operatd in approximately-Q20 seconds, thereby closing contacts 48 and 54f-a'r'1d opening contacts '50, '52 and 56. Q'pening" of contacts-" disconnectsthe vibrator 42 and spark ing" elen1elitand the thermostaiiic element of the "luck-open switch 58 to cool. Al-sofas will'be described presences conditions'tlie circuit'ffor subsequent-action of the"ov'erheat switch 44.

Switch 58, therefore, does not-openif the-heater functions normally, since it is heated for on'ly approximately 20 seconds of "the"nece'ssary '45- second interval. Openingof contacts-52 d'o'es'hot aflect the circuit since these contacts are in parallel withcontacts' 38 of relay 32. It,-'however, "conditions the relaycircuit 'sothat 'if' the relay'once' opens forany reason-"it will not reclo'se until the flame detector contacts'have been -ree'losed. Closing of contac'ts '54, which'arejin "parallel with the"s'et36'--of the relay 32', conditions the motor circuit so that eventhou'gh the 'relaysubsecluentlyopens, the motor I 0 will con- 'tinue op'eratinguntil the flame detector "coolsto thpbint where it shifts from the hot condition 'to the cold'condition. Contacts 56, which are alsoopenedby the "flame detectondisconnect the fifty percent resistance 'tap'8'4, so that the motor, 'ins'tead'of operating at about fifty percent of its speed, will slow down to the speed neces- 'sary to'give theheat'ou'tput desired for the par .tic'ul'arl'o'ad conditions existingwithin the space to be heated; these conditionsbeing indicatedby the position of the slider 22. In other words, if only low heat outpum s' needed for the space, the

heater will start at the fifty per 'cent point' and "themes soon as the flame detector operates, the heat output Will drop to a 10W level Which Thai? safely be well below that at which either the motor or heater can be depended upon 'tostart. I If, for any reason, the heater overheats the exhaust temperature will rise and open the overheat switch 44. This removes the short from around the heating coil- 60 so that this coilwill again be "energized through the relay coil. 1'00 and by way of relay contacts -38, contacts 52 being normally open' underthese conditions The result is that in 5 seconds the temperature of the bimetal element of switch 58 'willincrease to the point where the contacts 130 are separated and the switch is locked in the openposition.

This de-energizesthe coil of the relay 3 2 and permits contacts 34;"36 and 38 to separate. The fuel to :the heater is therefore shut off, since the fue1-valve coil 16 is in series with contacts -34. wSeparation'of the contacts '36, hOWBVCIg'dOGS not immediately"dc-energize the motor Hl since contacts 54 remain closed until'the flame detect'Oi' to the star-ting "condition. The motor, therefore, will -drive'th'ecombustion and ventilatin an" blojwers" long enough to reduce the motor is shut off.- Since the switch 58 has been locked .in the open position, the heating system will not restart automatically, it being necessary that this switch be manually reset before starting can be effected, and this is true even though.

the flame detector cools and the overheatswitch 44 subsequently closes. 1

, If, during heater operation, the heat output required becomes less and less as the room temI- perature approaches the desirable level with the result that the slider 22 is shifted progressively farther toward the high resistance end ,of the variable resistor I 8, it will eventually arrive at a position where the heat output from the heater isat the minimum level at which eificient coman opportunity to cool, it is apparent that reclosing the contacts 26 will not start the heater immediately, since both contacts 52 and 38 are open. The result is that the relay ,coil lqilwill not be energized and therefore the gas valve .28 remains open. This condition continues until the flamedetector has cooled sufficiently to close contacts 52. The delay is desirable. since it prevents gas from flowing to the heater until the ignition system has started operating.

Whenever the heater has been in operation and is then shut off, either by opening'the switch 26 or by operation of the overheat switch 44,

the motor will continue operating for a period so as to cool the heater, because contacts 54 do not open until the flame detector hascooled to its starting position. If the heater should goout because of a, failure of the gas supply, the flame detector cools, thereby opening contacts 48 which short out the heating element 60. Thus, in approximately 45 seconds the switch 58 will lock Lopen so as to de-energize the relay coil I 00. This opens relay contacts 34 and de-energiz'es the iuel *valvey Also, the motor is 'de-energizedas soon 3.3.5 relay contacts 36 open since flame detector .contacts 54 are already open. The ignition sys- :tem comprised of the vibrator 42 and spark coil 25!! is also de-energized when contacts I30 separate. j, a

From the above, it is apparent'that the circuit escribed, the safety elements" of which c'omprise'principally only one relay,'one flame de- "tector, one overheat switch, one lock-open switch, and a magneticgas valve, accomplishes a multitude of functions, depending upon conditions within the heater. It automatically starts the heater only if the heater has cooled sufficiently from the last cycle to place the ignition system in operation, it turns off and prevents automatic restarting of the heater if it has beenoverheated or if it has not started promptly or if the gas supply has failed, and it also starts the heater at a comparatively high level andoperates it at this level for a matter of 20 secondsor so before permittingthe heater to shift to low level operation, even though the conditions in the room call for low level operation. Further; failure of the electric power supply will-permit the fuel valve 28 to close so as to turn off the heater, but will not prevent restarting as soon asythe power supply has been reeestablished, whilefailure of the control circuit from the. transformer 530 will cause the relay 32 toopen, which-in turn turns off the fuel valve 28. Also, wheneverthe .heateris shut off, the motor I is'.operated.,-a

sufficient period to coolthe heater considerably and during this period the combustion air flows I through the-heater so as to sweep out any unburned gas that .may. be present. Also, such cooling prevents snapping and popping of the heater which normally takes place if combustion is interrupted atthe same time as the flowv of ventilating air is shut ofi.

Having described our invention, what we claim as new and useful and desire to secure'by Letters Patent of the United States is: r

1. In a heater control device for a heater having a blower motor for operating ablower to .supply air for combustion to the heater'and means including fuel supply means and igniter means to initiate and support combustion in the heater, the combination of a circuit for energizing said motorv including a variable speed'controller, a first set of contacts, and a second set of contacts connected in parallel with said first set, both of said sets being open in the at rest condition, means responsive to combustion in the heater for closing said first set when said combustion responsive means reaches a predetermined temperature, means for closing said second set when the control device is energizecLand athird set of contacts in said circuit connected when closed so as to render said variable speed controller ineffective to reduce the motor speed below a predetermined rate, said third set being closed in the at rest condition and remaining closed after energization of the heater untilsaid predetermined temperature has been reached, said combustion responsive means opening'said third set of contacts when said combustion responsive means reaches said predetermined tem- .perature and preventing closure of said' second set of contacts unless said heater has cooled followinga previous cycle of operation.

2. A heater control device comprising a blower motor for operating a blower to supply air for combustion to the heater, an electrically operated fuel valve, igniter means to initiate combustion in the heater, a circuit for energizing said motor including a first set of contacts, a second set of contacts connected in parallel with said first set, and a variable speed controller for said motor, a fuel valve circuit in parallel with said motor circuit including a third set of contacts, all of said sets being open in the at rest condition, means responsive to combustion for closing'said first set when said combustion responsive means reaches a predetermined temperature, said second and third sets'being normally closedwhen the control device is energized, and a third'circuit normally energized upon energization of said first circuit, said third circuit including electrically operated means for closing said second and third sets of contacts, a heating element, thermostatic switch means arranged to be affected by heat from said element for deenergizing said electrically operated means unless said combustion responsive means reaches the predetermined temperature within a predetermined time limit,-a low resistance circuit by-passing said heating element, a set of contacts in said by-pas's circuit, said last mentioned set being closed by said means for closing said first set of contacts, a normally closed set of contacts, and means including a lost, motion connection interconnectingsaid variable speed controller and said normally closed set of contacts and adapted to open said contacts when said variable speed controller reduces the motor speed to a predetermined rate whereupon said third circuit is deenergized to open said second and third sets of contacts and said motor continues operation until the heater is cooled to the predetermined temperature to open said first set of contacts.

3. In a control system for a fuel burning heater having a fuel supply means, a motor for operating a blower for supplying combustion air to the heater and means to initiate combustion in the heater, a variable speed controller for said motor, means to shut oflsaid motor at a predetermined position of said speed controller as said controller acts progressively to decrease the speed of said motor, means to start said motor at a higher speed than that at said predetermined position regardless of the position of said controller, and means responsive to combustion in the heater for removing the influence of said starting means after combustion has been well established and for returning control of said motor to said variable speed controller.

4. In a control system for a fuel burning heater having a fuel supply means, a motor for operating a blower for supplying combustion air to the heater and means to initiate combustion in the heater, a variable speed controller for said motor, means to shut ofi said motor at a predetermined position of said speed controller as said controller acts progressively to decrease the speed of said motor, means to start said motor at a higher speed than that at said predetermined position regardless of the position of said controller, means responsive to combustion in the heater for removing the influence of said starting means after combustion has been well established and for returning control of said motor to said variable speed controller, and means including said combustion responsive means for continuing operation of said motor after combustion has accidentally ceased until the heater has been cooled to a predetermined temperature.

5. In a control system for a fuel burning heater having a fuel supply means, a motor for operating a blower for supplying combustion air to the heater and means to initiate combustion in the heater, a variable speed controller for said motor, means to shut off said fuel supply means and therefore the combustion in the heater at a predetermined position of said speed controller as said controller acts progressively to decrease the speed of said motor, means to start said motor at a higher speed than that at said predetermined position regardless of the position of said controller, means responsive to combustion in the heater for removing the influence of said starting means after combustion has been well established and for returning control of said motor to said variable speed controller, and means including said combustion responsive means for continuing operation of said motor to clear the heater of burned and unburned gas and to cool the heater for another cycle of operation.

6. In a control system for a fuel burning heater having a fuel supply means, a motor for operating a blower for supplying combustion air to the heater and means to initiate combustion in the heater, a variable speed controller for said motor, means to shut off said fuel supply means and therefore the combustion in the heater at a predetermined position of said speed controller as said controller acts progressively to decrease the speed of said motor, means to start said motor at a higher speed than that at said predetermined position regardless of the position of said controller, and means responsive to combustion temperature conditions in the heater for continuing operation of said motor after combustion has been terminated to clear the heater of burned and unburned gases and to condition the control system for another cycle of operation.

'7. A heater control device comprising a, blower motor for operating a blower to supply air for combustion to the heater, an electrically operated fuel valve, an igniter to initiate combustion in the heater, a circuit for said motor, said circuit including a variable speed controller, a first set of contacts, and a second set of contacts in parallel with said first set, a circuit for said fuel valve including a third set of contacts, all of said contacts being open in the at rest condition, combustion responsive means for closing said first set of contacts when said combustion responsive means reaches a predetermined temperature, said second and third sets being closed upon energization of the control device, and a second circuit normally energized upon energization of said first circuit, said second circuit including electrically operated means which upon energization acts to close said second and third sets, a branch circuit for said igniter including a fourth set of contacts, said fourth set being closed in the at rest condition, a heating element, a thermostatic switch in series with said igniter circuit and with said electrically operated means and arranged to be affected by heat from said heating element, a low-resistance circuit connected to said electrically operated means by-passing said heating element, a fifth set of contacts in said bypass circuit, said fourth set of contacts being opened by said combustion responsive means to deenergize the said igniter, and said fifth set of contacts being closed by said heater temperature responsive means effectively to remove said heating element from the circuit, a switch in series with the other elements of said second circuit, and a lost motion connection between said variable speed controller and said switch adapted to actuate said switch to deenergize said second circuit thereby to terminate combustion in the heater when said variable speed controller reduces the motor speed to a predetermined rate. ARTHUR R. COLLINS. FRANK A. RYDER. ROSS D. RANDALL.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,359,042 Doble Nov. 16, 1920 1,602,175 Scott Oct. 5, 1926 1,732,174 Sweatt Oct. 15, 1929 1,883,242 Bogle Oct. 18, 1932 2,119,153 Dallenbach May 31, 1938 Certificate of Correction Patent No. 2,512,919 June 27, 1950 ARTHUR R. COLLINS ET AL.

It is hereby certified that errors appear in the printed specification of the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows:

Column 1, line 7, for 1945 read 1.9.49; column 4, line 13, for the word ofl read of;

and that the said Letters Patent should be read with these corrections therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Oflice.

Signed and sealed this 26th day of September, A. D. 1950.

THOMAS F. MURPHY,

Assistant Gonunissioner of Patents. 

